I’m Christina Matteson, a researcher, designer, and project lead working at the intersection of AI literacy, organizational leadership, and K–12 education. My work focuses on how emerging technologies reshape learning environments, and how leaders can shape those environments intentionally in return.

Through the AI Literacy Collaborative at UC San Diego and cross-institution partnerships, I design research-informed frameworks, convenings, and implementation models that support educators and districts navigating AI in schools. I approach AI not as a tool to control or a threat to ban, but as a system to interpret — one that demands technical fluency, ethical reflection, and shared meaning-making.

My background in Business Economics and Design shapes how I think about change. Organizations respond to how they are framed. Culture shapes cognition. The systems we build influence how people learn, decide, and lead. I’m interested in environments where autonomy and accountability coexist. Where innovation can strengthen judgment rather than replace it.

Leadership, to me, is sense-making under uncertainty. Influence begins with trust. And in an age defined by acceleration, reflection is as important as speed.

Ultimately, I’m motivated by a simple principle: progress should not come at the expense of what makes us human.